revanchist
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prettygoodwordrevanchist - n., one who advocates revenge, esp. (of a political entity or ethnic group) regaining lost territory or status.
English formation from revanche, from French the since 1850s -- from the same root as revenge, only the latter came over from French in Anglo-Norman times -- which ultimately comes from Latin vindicare, which has a range of meanings from to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude, to protect, avenge, punish, all from from vindex, a claiment or avenger.
---L.
English formation from revanche, from French the since 1850s -- from the same root as revenge, only the latter came over from French in Anglo-Norman times -- which ultimately comes from Latin vindicare, which has a range of meanings from to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude, to protect, avenge, punish, all from from vindex, a claiment or avenger.
---L.
